§ 75. Mr. Woodasked the Minister of Health if he will give the individual details and cost of the five hospital building projects deferred from the 1965–66 programme, of the further 20 unable to start, of the nine schemes whose start has been brought into the programme for 1965–66, and of the 10 whose start was carried over from the previous year.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe information is as follows:
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5 projects deferred from 1965–66 Estimated Cost £ Norfolk and Norwich: boiler house, mortuary and workshops 456,578 Upton, Northampton: new psychiatric hospital 2,512,585 Midland Centre for neurosurgery Smethwick—ward unit, isotope department and residential accommodation 240,000 Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham: medical staff residence 164,000 Caernarvon and Anglesey General Hospital nurses' home 171,000 Further 20 unable to start Dovenby Hall, Cockermouth: 2 villas for children and provision of temporary school 122,782 Halifax General: maternity unit 750,300 Bierley Hall, Bradford: development 699,845 Nottingham General: 81 surgical beds, operating theatres, Central Sterile Supply Department, kitchen, dining room etc. 1,607,000 Nottingham City: renewal of 16 ward unit Phase II 213,500 Northgate, Great Yarmouth: maternity unit 150,000 Hammersmith: central ward block 5,833,000 North Middlesex: maternity and clinical block 3,179,036 Goodmayes, Ilford: area laundry 272,412 Borocourt, Nr. Reading: blind children's unit 120,580 Northampton General: pathological laboratory 195,000 Bristol Royal Infirmary: school of nursing 243,000 New Cross Wolverhampton: maternity unit, psychiatric unit and boiler house 3,120,206 Whitley, Coventry: geriatric accommodation 72,000 Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham: west wing, stage I 2,073,500 Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham: new school of nursing, stage I 675,000 Walton, Liverpool: neurosurgical unit 1,191,624 Ormskirk: interim out-patient department 100,000 Royal South Hants: radiotherapy unit 1,011,495 Bryn-y-Neuadd, Llanfairfechan: new hospital 2 134,030
9 brought forward into 1965–66 programme Estimated Cost £ Grantham and Kesteven: new kitchen, stores and staff dining accommodation 132,550 Lincoln County Hospital: new maternity unit 1,032,856 Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood: out-patient and accident department 341,830 West Hendon: regional unit for psychopaths 224,950 Royal Northern: operating theatre suite 116,400 Rush Green, Romford: maternity unit 1,012,875 Kidderminister General: operating theatres 508,000 "Uffculme" psychiatric early treatment centre, Birmingham: child psychiatric unit 130,000 Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham: temporary radiotherapy unit 114,000 10 carried forward from previous year Scunthorpe: out-patient department, Phase I 478,030 Scunthorpe: nurses' accommodation 193,773 Nether Edge: boiler house and plant 124,950 Middlewood, Sheffield: nurses' accommodation 108,645 St. Margaret's, Epping: out-patient and accident centre 418,180 Rochford: new boiler plant 118,650 Cranage Hall, Holmes Chapel: developments, Phase II 1,130,980 North Staffs Hospital Centre: boiler house 413,284 Walsgrave, Coventry: new hospital, Phase II 6,750,000 North Wales, Denbigh: new kitchen 118,553
AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (IN DAYS) OF IN-PATIENTS IN N.H.S. HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND AND WALES DURING 1964 Non-teaching hospitals General medicine Diseases of the chest General surgery Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery E.N.T. Gynaecology Obstetrics Newcastle R.H.B. 15.6 41.6 11.4 20.4 4.4 7.6 9.1 Leeds R.H.B 17.5 44.2 10.3 17.6 3.9 7.7 8.3 Sheffield R.H.B. 14.5 43.2 9.2 18.9 4.9 7.8 8.0 East Anglian R.H.B. 16.0 36.3 9.4 15.4 4.6 7.3 8.8 North West Metropolitan R.H.B. 19.4 36.5 11.3 15.8 5.5 8.4 9.4 North East Metropolitan R.H.B. 20.4 51.4 11.7 20.6 5.0 9.1 9.6 South East Metropolitan R.H.B. 21.3 49.9 11.9 24.4 5.7 9.2 9.3 South West Metropolitan R.H.B. 19.6 39.0 11.9 18.8 5.8 9.0 9.6 Oxford R.H.B. 15.2 42.2 9.5 15.0 4.1 7.1 7.7 South Western R.H.B. 15.7 44.2 10.7 20.0 5.5 7.6 8.3 Welsh H.B 17.4 61.5 11.9 19.8 5.9 9.3 8.4 Birmingham R.H.B. 16.7 54.2 10.3 16.4 5.4 7.8 7.8 Manchester R.H.B. 17.6 47.9 10.8 18.8 4.5 8.2 8.5 Liverpool R.H.B. 20.1 50.2 11.3 20.8 5.7 9.2 8.9 Wessex R.H.B. 16.7 40.2 10.4 17.2 6.1 7.9 8.4 Total 17.9 46.1 10.9 18.6 5.1 8.3 8.7